Bill's Journey: Blood Drive Success!

We had an AMAZING turnout for the Blood Drive and Be the Match evening!!! We had well over 75 people there, 66 people came to donate and 15 people signed up to be a bone marrow donor! IT WAS AWESOME!!!

We packed Houchin. (For awhile there was a wait like some fancy restaurant! Love it!) We filled every blood donation chair they had- which has never happened since that location opened!

If you haven't watched the short video one of the Houchin directors posted to their Facebook that night, please do so below!

We reached a milestone at the Bolthouse donor center tonight with every blood donation chair full. What an awesome tribute to Bill Ray Jr. from his family and friends who are here donating blood and signing up for the Be the Match Bone Marrow Registry!!
Posted by Houchin Community Blood Bank on Thursday, August 20, 2015

Sisters! Love.

We had 25 new donors give blood for the first time. YES! My sister and I were loved on, encouraged, and supported all evening.
Needless to say, the event was a HUGE success. But, I think the best part- even better than the 44 units of blood that can save up to 132 people, was how happy my parents were to FaceTime with those who were there and to see pictures of people they didn't get to talk to. They beamed! It was exactly what they needed.... A big reminder of how many of you are truly in their corner constantly cheering them on and praying for my dad's success in beating leukemia! It was perfect.
Thank you everyone. It's totally inadequate, but thank you.
Here are some pictures from last night.
Nicole

PS- on top of that, my dad had a slough of tests done at City of Hope and he did unbelievably well. All tests have been passed so far, keeping them on target to head back for the transplant process on August 31.

PPS- I totally missed getting a picture of everyone who was there...sorry!